Minnale
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| Minnale | |
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| Directed by | Gautham Menon |
| Produced by | Dr. Murali Manohar |
| Written by | Gautham Menon |
| Starring | R. Madhavan, Reema Sen, Abbas, Vivek, Nagesh, N. Krishna |
| Music by | Harris Jayaraj |
| Release date(s) | 2001 |
| Running time | 150 mins |
| Language | Tamil |
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Minnale ("Lightning") is a 2001 Indian film, written and directed by Gautham Menon. It is a stylized romantic and musical comedy, in the Tamil language. It stars Reema Sen, R. Madhavan, Abbas, Vivek and Nagesh. The film's score and songs are composed by Harris Jeyaraj and are all time hits and all became chartbusters. It was the main reason for the film's stupendous success.
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[edit] Plot
Rajesh and Samuel (Madhavan - Abbas) are college mates and bitter rivals. Samuel goes abroad for higher studies while Rajesh takes up a job. Rajesh, on a trip to Bangalore, comes across Reena and is smitten by her charm. To his pleasant surprise he sees her again in Chennai and tries to plan his moves to get closer to her. But there is a hitch. Reena is engaged to Rajiv from the U.S. But, as all is fair in love and war, Rajesh is persuaded by his friend Chockalingam (Vivek) and grandpa Subbuni (Nagesh) to impersonate Rajiv and enter Reena's life. Rajesh gets to spend five blissful days with Reema, who reciprocates his love till Rajiv appears on the scene and Reena discovers Rajesh's duplicity. Rajesh too gets a rude shock when he discovers that Rajiv is none other than his old college rival Samuel. How the matter is resolved forms the rest of the story.
[edit] Cast and crew
[edit] Cast
- R. Madhavan .... Rajesh Shivakumar
- Reema Sen .... Reena Joseph
- Abbas .... Rajiv Samuel
- Vivek .... Chockalingam (Rajesh's friend)
- Nagesh .... Subbuni (Grandfather)
- N. Krishna .... Lorry Driver
[edit] Crew
- Director: Gautham Menon
- Music: Harris Jayaraj
- Cinematography: Rajasekhar
- Editing: Suresh Urs
- Playback Singers: Unnikrishnan, Bombay Jayashree
[edit] Trivia
- This was one of the most successful movies in 2001
- This was then remade in Hindi as Rehna Hai Tere Dil Mein directed by Gautham Menon and starring Madhavan and Saif Ali Khan.
- But unfortunately apart from a few centres the film was not well received by the audience.
- However film music director Harris Jeyaraj who made his debut in this film in both Hindi and Tamil turned out to be the most sought after music directors in tamil after his mesmerising music in the films majunu,vettaiyadu velaiyadu,samy and others.
- It should be noted that although the film didnt turn out to be a hit in hindi, the music was
well acclaimed by the bollywood kings like Subhash Ghai (director of Taal and other outstanding hindi movies).
- The director of Sillunu Oru Kaadhal, N. Krishna made a cameo appearance in the film as a lorry driver.
[edit] External links
Films directed by Gautham Menon |
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| Minnale • Rehna Hai Tere Dil Mein • Kaakha Kaakha • Gharshana • Vettaiyadu Villaiyadu • Pachaikili Muthucharam • Chennaiyil Oru Mazhaikalam • Vaaranam Aayiram |
